HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Jet ski	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.27% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

CPU throttled at 75% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1449
Memory	2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111107
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '18 at 01:55
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	75%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 Q 720-$220 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.6 GHz Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Memory 72 1-Core 28.7 2-Core 58.6 37% 53.1 Pts	4-Core 110 8-Core 141 16% 126 Pts	64-Core 144 9% 144 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6500M 12,937 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 1449) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	4.27% Terrible	Lighting 5.37 Reflection 6.08 Parallax 4.31 4% 5.25 fps	MRender 5.95 Gravity 3.73 Splatting 5.22 4% 4.97 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.27% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD10JPLX-00MBPT0 1TB 11,708 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 49 47 48 50 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	26.1% Poor	Read 42.3 Write 38.5 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 48.6 29% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.3 68% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 75%
Samsung HM641JI 640GB-$50 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 291GB free Firmware: 2AJ10003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 69 69 69 69 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 66.7 Write 26 Mixed 46 SusWrite 69.2 38% 52 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 50%
SDHC Card 8GB 4,464 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 4GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 20 20 19 20 19 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 21.2 Write 17.8 Mixed 14.8 SusWrite 19.3 24% 18.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 2.1 141% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend JM1333KSN-4G Samsung M471B5273CH0-CK0 8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.4% Below average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 13.3 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7.8 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 96.7 41% 96.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 49%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 51%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples	232x
Core i7-2630QMIntel $199Bench 55%, 39,605 samples	184x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	138x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	485x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	143x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	114x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	39x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	20x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	108x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	86x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	62x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $228

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16